Obamas Missing Intellect

Ever wonder what happened to "The One We Are Waiting For." (For Christians and Conservatives, that refers to Obama, Liberals savior, not Christ.) BO assumed office in difficult economic times.  Two years of excuses including "the problems were worse than we knew" and the generic, all-purpose "it's Bush's fault".  BO now owns the original problems and many new ones of his own doing. A report card on his "partial accomplishments" should include the following:

• the economy worsened
• discretionary military efforts increased (Libya)
• an unpopular, flawed health care plan was forced on the public
• inflation soared, especially in critical goods like food and gasoline
• job prospects decreased
• all "stimulus" failed miserably
• "transparency in government" is a laugh-line for late night TV
• corruption in government quickly accelerated Chicago-style
• Housing worsened and shows no sign of bottoming soon
• Government debt and spending exploaded
• Wall Street was bailed out and continues to enrich themselves
• Main Street was ignored and has become poorer as bankruptcies and foreclosures mount
• race relations appear to have worsened

Lots of other problems belong to Obama making it difficult to ascertain what has improved other than the demise of Osama bin Laden.
Two hypotheses are often cited to explain why things have gotten so much worse:

1. Obama is incompetent.
2. Obama knows what he is doing and is deliberately destroying the country.

These hypotheses are not mutually exclusive. Evidence is consistent with either or a combination of both.  BO has no understanding of basic economics. Exploitation ideology is the basis for his world-economic view which sees the wealth as a zero-sum game, a fixed pie divided. If one person gets more, others necessarily get less. That this view is unrealistic is not within his abilities to percieve. He believes a country becomes successful by taking advantage of other countries based on the long-discredited concept of mercantilism = Success is Exploitation. Freedom, markets, institutions, incentives, and voluntary trade have no place in Obama's world. Success or failure is determined by one variable -- whether you are the exploiter or the exploited. Exploitation theory does not comport with economic theory, history, or reality unless you are a Communist or dedicated Socialist (or a mainstream news reader but I repeat myself) living in fantasy land.

In Obama's world, success and failure are moral rather than economic outcomes. Success equates evil. Failure is caused by someone else's success rather than personal shortcomings. Failure equates the moral choice to not exploit others; proper moral behavior produces failure.
For Obama, economics itself is immoral, hence, evil, a view of the world both simple and ignorant. No, it is beyond that. It is a sign of stupidity! Recognition of this stupidity is the key to understanding Obama's behavior and policies. (And a principal reason for his choosing Itty Bitty Biden, the smallest mind in the Senate as his VP).

In his mind, he has a moral obligation to confiscate and redistribute wealth. The rich and successful must be punished as their success causes the poor their pain. Talent, hard work, ingenuity, risk-taking, etc. are not relevant in Obama's third-grade level of economic understanding. As expressed by Tom Sowell, "whether at home or abroad, Obama's ideology is an ideology of envy, resentment and payback."

Obama's belief system is dominated by the dismissed exploitation theories of Karl Marx and the 60's-style radicals he grew up around. Most adults outgrew this nonsense, usually by our mid-twenties. Obama never did. He is still an intellectually undeveloped child locked into 60's ideas (the Marxist 1860s).  His "knowledge" is based on nothing but the discredited ideologies of Socialism belying the claim that Obama is the smartest man to ever hold presidential office, a reflection of our media who insist on propping up this man-child. Obama's obsession with keeping his college records and personal past secret is prima facie evidence that the claim is untrue. His dismal performance on the world stage is even more damning. Instead of having a superior intellect, he appears the most ignorant, ideological, brainwashed dupe this country has ever elected to high office, his intellectual development never having progressed beyond all-night freshman bull sessions where all the world's problems were solved (with help from adequate amounts of beer and coke, of course). This intellectual pygmy must be removed from office by whatever possible peaceful means. Impeachment is in order, but will not happen. Thus the 2012 election is critical.
 
PL Booth, The Blue EYe View of MO, 28 June, 2011